The Lafayette City Council decided Thursday to sue Pacific Gas & Electric for failing to uphold its Tree Removal Agreement with the city, city officials said.
On Tuesday, PG&E allegedly informed the city that it intended to remove 17 trees on East Bay Regional Park District property within the City of Lafayette, along the Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail and in an open space
north of downtown Lafayette.
According to the city, the utility stated the tree cutting could begin as early as next Monday, and would take approximately three weeks to complete.
In January 2017, the City of Lafayette and PG&E entered a Tree Removal Agreement, stipulating that the utility cannot remove trees within Lafayette city limits until all obligations in the agreement have been met.
According to the city, PG&E has not met its obligations to “provide all information required by the City’s Tree Protection Regulations,” which prompted the city to host a special City Council meeting and decide to
file a lawsuit to prevent PG&E from removing the trees Thursday.
City officials announced the lawsuit will be filed today in the Northern District of California Bankruptcy Court.
Yeah, they can’t win either way. I would be cautious about cutting any trees with signs such as this posted throughout the city: https://ibb.co/61VKnSn
That will be a tough battle for both sides. If trees are removed, I hope trees are also planted. It would take more trees planted to make up for the loss of each tree.
All it will do is raise our bills and make us suffer more during more outages.